The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-01
Bringing with Them the Twelfth Prize Won
ON Dozen Well-Contested Fields-The
Secret of Their Never-Failing Success.
A Great Deal of Dissatisfaction Over the
Distribution of the Drill Prizes.
Indications that Ochiltree Will Be Successful
in the Contest for the Rushville POST
office-Other Washington News.
THE LIGHT ARTILLERY.

They Break Camp and Start for Home-A
Short Talk with Captain Curtis.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, May 31-Camp George Wash
ington is practically deserted. The headquarters
is in charge of only of the late staff, General
Wright, of Iowa. The others are scattered.
General Carnahan has gone to Baltimore to re-
main until Saturday, when he will return TO In
dianapolis and confront those who have brought
charges against him. Only few organizations
remain in the camp. All the troops from Indi-
ana have gone.
The Indianapolis Light Artillery boys went
away at 315 p NJ, to-day. on the b. & 0. Every
one OF the party had bunch of blue ribbons on
his right shoulder. Captain Curtis will remain
day or two to transact some business; then he
will go to New York for couple OF weeks. To
the Journal correspondent Captain Curtis said,
tonight: I'VE came here to win our twelfth
prize. and we won it-thats all there is about it.
The money comes handy at a national drill.
We have now met every militia battery
IN the United States, and we have defeated them
all in fair contests. It required hard work, how
ever, and the boys worked persistently and well.
Rigid discipline is what made us successful For
insubordination failure to obey commands
we have a series of ines-the first offence is ST..
second, So; third, $40. and fourth, $50. Only one
man was fined, and he has reached the ten-dol-
lar notch. would gladly remit these fines. but
to do so would establish bad precedent, and
they will not be remitted."
At the first meeting of the battery s.n appro-
pration of $500 will be made from the prize
money to pay johnson Holmes who had his leg
broken at practice drill. two weeks ago yester-
day All the men we'll when the company
left. Drapier and Girard have recovered from
their injuries. The two Christian boys have
gone to New jersey for extended visit The
train on which the boys travel will arrive in In
dianapolis about noon, and advices from there
are to the effect that there will
be glarng scarlet reception. The battery will
probably enter the drill at Louisville IN Septem-
Der. They would have accepted an invitation to
give an exhibition drill in Pittsburg but for the
fact that Captain Curtis had pledged his word
that they should be in Indianapolis on the 1st Of
June.
The Fort Wayne Rifles left here to night by
boat for Fortress Monroe; from there they will
60 to Richmond, thence to Cincinnati, where
they will make brief stay before leaving for
home. The boys going in marching order.
Each succeeded in capturing spced ham and q
supply of bread, and the proprietor of the
Hygeia Hotel will not make much out of them.
Dissatisfaction Over the Awards.
Special to Louisville Courer-Jeurnal.
There seems to have been scheme to give
Washington as many of the prizes as possible
without disgusting the people. She got three
the first in battalion drill. the second in the
individual contest and the third awarded the
National Rifles, which do not belong to the light
infantry battalion. in company competition. I
do not pretend to say that the whole thing was q
putup job, but it has that appearance. We have
list of errors, as 1 said before. which can bo
substantiateds and it's a bad showing. Perhaps
1 should say nothing Certainly stand it
if they can but there will not be ghost of q
chance to get another thing of the kind here for
wears There is general dissatisfaction not only
on the battalion drill but many other
awards. AS / told you several days ago. there
are signs of the worst kind of kick, and be-
lieve it will be so general that it will effectually
kill any attempt to have national drill here for
years to come unless it is differently managed.
When bad first drill at Louisville we
had eight judges, headed by Lieutenant Dud-
ley, who were extremely careful in every
thing pertaining to their position. There was
never question as to the justness of their
decision was there any dissatisfaction. Dis
appointment there was. of course, but every
thing conducted so fairly that there was no
room for a kick. Here it should have been the
same. But the deed is done, and by this time
the news has gone from Maine to Texas-I
know it has reached Mobile. for saw dozen
dispatches sent from the grounds. sent one to
know whether or not it paralyzed him, but I'll
bet it made him sick. AS for the boys. can't
begin to tell you all they have said and will say
tonight. They are not getting off many script
ural quotations, can tell you that
The friends of the Toledo Cadets are their
high horse, with blood in their eyes, and freely
denounce the whole business. Friends of other
companies doing the same thing, and if
am to judge from the amount of applause with
which the announcements of the Washington
Light Infantry victory received, the greater
portion of the audience, military and civilian,
was of the opinion that the deal was not square
one. But have kicked enough for one time.
simply wish to remark that we have fallen
into the hands of the Philistines. and .if the
court knows herself, and she thinks she do, we
won't be apt to do it again. My deliberate
opinion is that the Legion has been unfairly
awarded second place, when it should have had
first.
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